Question

A student walks at a constant speed. He takes 100s to walk 160 paces. The length of each pace is 0.80m. How far does the student walk in 50s?

1: 200 meters
2: 160 meters
3: 100 meters
4: 80 meters

Answer 1

The student walks at a rate of 1.28 meters per second. Therefore, in 50 seconds, he would walk a distance of 64 meters, which is not listed in the given options.

Step-by-step explanation:

The problem involves determining the distance a student walks in a specific time. It is a fairly straightforward ratio problem in mathematics.

We know he walks 160 paces in 100 seconds with each pace being 0.80m. So the total distance he walks in 100 seconds would be 160 paces * 0.80m/pace = 128 meters.

So, his speed is 128 meters per 100 seconds, which can be simplified to 1.28 meters per second. We want to find out how far he walks in 50 seconds, so we multiply his speed by 50 seconds: 1.28m/s * 50s = 64 meters. Therefore the answer is none of the above.

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